Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding by Lian Dolan
Published: May 20,
2025 by William Morrow
Taken from Goodreads: A modern comedy of manners about two mothers, the best-laid plans, and one very memorable wedding
Penelope and Chase make a lovely couple. She’s a bubbly Southern Californian with a killer work ethic. He is smart and charming, with political aspirations. They are planning a spectacular California wedding, wrapped in peonies and thousands of little white lights. Everyone is excited about it—except their mothers.
The mother of the bride, suave, Greek-born Alexa Diamandis, was a single mother by choice and does not understand why any woman would ever get married. The mother of the groom, Abigail Blakeman, is a garden-club stalwart firmly planted in coastal Connecticut. She thinks the whole enterprise would be so much easier if the wedding were at the golf club. When a sudden twist of fate calls them into action, these two very different women are forced to take over the wedding planning.
My Thoughts: I
am a mother of the bride as I write this review. There are so many thoughts and actions in
this book that I could relate to. I
enjoyed watching Abigail and Alexa make the wedding happen while keeping the
bride happy. It is a hard place to be
and they had a few missteps and even more successes.
Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding is a fun read. There was no urgency for me to finish the
book, the need to know was not there, but I enjoyed the family dynamics. There was a unique relationship between the
MOB and MOG, it was entirely relatable.
This is a fun and easy read. The storyline flows easily and is very
entertaining. If you have ever planned
a wedding you will find something to relate to.
Thank you William Morrow for a copy of the book in exchange
for my honest review.
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Lian is the producer and host of Satellite
Sisters, the award-winning talk show she created with her four real
sisters. Satellite Sisters began life as a syndicated radio
show on ABC Radio, bringing lively talk and interviews to the airwaves. The
Satellite Sisters interviewed everyone from Nora Ephron to Big Bird. The show
was honored with 13 Gracie Allen Awards for Excellence in Women’s Media. From
2009 to 2023, Satellite Sisters remained a top-rated podcast for women. In
2017, Lian was honored as a Podcast Pioneer by Women in Podcasting.
A speaker who combines humor and heart, Lian has appeared on
The Oprah Winfrey Show, CBS Sunday Morning and The Today Show and many local TV
stations. She’s been a featured speaker at the LA Times Festival of Books, the
Santa Barbara Celebrity Authors Lunch, the Literary Guild of Orange County
Festival of Women Authors and dozens of other events at libraries, book stores,
schools and women’s organizations across the country.
Lian graduated from Pomona College with a degree in
Classics. She lives in Pasadena, California with her husband Berick Treidler
and two adult sons who live nearby but don’t come over as often as they should